Expanded to 118 chapters and 649 pages, this handbook provides the most comprehensive compilation of traveler spending and tourist visitor statistics available in any published reference.

Previous editions were used by virtually all major CVBs, most state travel offices, and dozens of corporations in all sectors of the travel and tourism industry. The handbook is also used as a reference by most colleges and universities with a hospitality, hotel management, or tourism curriculum. And this market research handbook has been used as a strategic business planning resource by executives in dozens of hotel corporations, travel companies, and tourism business.